Safety device for skates.



G. M. WARNER.

SAFETY DEViCE FOB SKATES. APPLICATION FILED 056.7. 1916.

Patentadl Jan. 15, 1918.

wen for fizf ionwey GEORGE WARNER, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR SKATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. i5, 31918..

Application filed December 7, 1916. Serial No. 135,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. IVARNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Washington county, in the State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices forSkates, of which the following is a specification.

()ne object of my invention is to provide a safety device for skates, sothat by the use of the device they can readily learn to skate withoutany possibility of falling while learning.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for readily foldingup my improved skating device, so that it may be easily carried from oneplace to another.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for readily changingthe device from an ice skating to a roller skating aid.

\Vith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference tothe drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure l is an isometric view of my improved device asused with ice skates.

Fig. 2 is a detail of the hinge provided for folding up the device, andFig. 8 is a detail of the roller used when the device is in use on aroller skating floor.

Fig. 4 is a view of a front supporting member taken in front of thedevice to show its side spread, and Fig. 5 is a similar view taken fromthe rear of the device to show the side spread of the rear supportingmemhers.

I prefer to construct my skaters aid by bending a pairof pipes 1 atslightly more than right angles, screwing on to the end 2 of the pipes,couplings 3, in the other end of which are screwed short Us 4, the lowerportion of which serves as runners.

The opposite ends of pipe 1 are screwed into Ts 5, and in the end of theT opposite therefrom is screwed a how 6.

From the other opening of the T I may either screw a pipe 7 directly ormay screw into the T hinged member 8 to which the pipe 7 is fastened.

The pipe 7 is of the general shape of an inverted letter F, providingthe horizontal projections 9 for the front runners.

I prefer, however, to terminate the pipe 7 at 10, and connect therunners 9 thereto by couplings 11.

A brace 12 formed into a V shape is bolted at 13 to the bow 6 and points14 on the pipes 7 to stiffen the structure, and prevent the pipes 7 fromspreading.

The supporting members 1 and 7 are preferably formed outwardly neartheir lower ends, in order to give the device more stability on the ice,as plainly shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

By unscrewing runners 4: and 9 and insert ing in lieu thereof casters15, it is apparent that the device is equally applicable-to rollerskating.

As can be readily seen, a skater can stand within the U shapedhorizontal frame, grasp the side members by suitable handles 16 and takestrokes to the best of his ability and not lose his balance, but maycarry his whole weight on his hands and arms and prevent any possibilityof falling.

Another important point is that by pressing down on the frame, theskater may re lieve his ankles from a portion of his weight, and thusgreatly aid him in strengthening his ankles to take up the strainimposed on the ankles while skating.

While I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particulardesign, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to thisconstruction, as the application of my invention may be varied in manyways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims:

1. In a skating device, the combination of a U shaped horizontal frame,supporting members extending downwardly from the open end of said Ushaped frame and tenninating in antifriction devices at the lower endthereof, and supporting members extending downwardly from the forwardpart of said U shaped frame, comprising a substantially inverted Pshaped support terminating in anti-friction devices.

2. In a skating device, the combination of a U shaped horizontal frame,supporting members extending downwardly from the open end of said Ushaped frame and terminating in anti-friction devices at the lower endthereof, supporting members extending downwardly from the forward partof said U shaped frame, comprising a substantially P shaped supportterminating in anti-friction devices, and a brace extending from,

the central portion of the forward end of said U shaped frame to thelower portion of each of said P-shapedsupporting members.

In skating devices, the combinationot a substantially U shapedhorizontal frame, a pair of: supporting members extending downwardlyfrom the open endof said U shaped frame, but flared outwardly there-I'rom near their lower extremity, and termlnating in means for fasteningthereto, rnnner members or caster members, and a pair of forwardsupporting members substantially P-shaped in construction, but beingflared outwardly from their lower extremities and terminating in meansfor readily attaching thereto runners or casters.

GEORGE M. VAR-NEE.

Copies of! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

